Posted on 08/22/2005 8:42:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson called on Monday for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him a "terrific danger" to the United States.
Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America and a former presidential candidate, said on "The 700 Club" it was the United States' duty to stop Chavez from making Venezuela a "launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."
Chavez has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of President Bush, accusing the United States of conspiring to topple his government and possibly backing plots to assassinate him. U.S. officials have called the accusations ridiculous.
"You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," Robertson said. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop."
Electronic pages and a message to a Robertson spokeswoman were not immediately returned Monday evening.
Venezuela is the fifth largest oil exporter and a major supplier of oil to the United States. The CIA estimates that U.S. markets absorb almost 59 percent of Venezuela's total exports.
Venezuela's government has demanded in the past that the United States crack down on Cuban and Venezuelan "terrorists" in Florida who they say are conspiring against Chavez.
Robertson accused the United States of failing to act when Chavez was briefly overthrown in 2002.
"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," Robertson said.
"We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator," he continued. "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."
Are you at the right web site?
We don't call for the death of people at this web site.
He was wrong and he said something stupid but I just love how the superior anti-Christers always want to hold Christians to a higher standard.
Show me where *I* called for someone's death? Nice try, howlin....
WHAT ..??
I'm stunned!
You nailed it.
god? A figment of the imagination did not tell pat or anyone else to say anything. I do agree with pat on this one, take the murderer out as cheaply as possible and as soon as possible.
"Good grief. And if he were of a different faith calling for a jihad, you'd be right behind that too, or is it that only Christians have the right to demand the deaths of others?"
There is a difference between pushing a little old lady in front of a speeding bus, and pushing a little old lady out of the path of a speeding bus.
"ould someone calling for the assassination of Pol Pot before he could murder so many be the equivalent of a mooselimb calling for the murder of innocent civilians?
I've said it before and I'll say it again. You couldn't conjure a more simplistic, dense, and ignorant person if you tried. Every negative stereotype of Christians is personified in one man (oh, and Falwell).
Hey, I'd swear I saw the guy on the left washing dishes in the local eatery, earlier this evening.
Do you think I don't understand English?
Show me where *I* called for someone's death?
The article clearly says:
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson called on Monday for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him a "terrific danger" to the United States.
and your FIRST reply is
Right on pat!!!
Nice try, howlin....
It wasn't a "try." It was the FACTS.
I mean, this reminds of a scene where a guy is sitting there talking about killing a man. At first you think he's joking, and you just laugh with him, but he keeps going on, and eventually you have to say, "wait, you are joking, aren't you?" And he just looks at you blankly.
"He was wrong and he said something stupid but I just love how the superior anti-Christers always want to hold Christians to a higher standard."
there are a lot of them on this thread, huh
"What DID Jesus do?"
Ummm...kick serious butt on the money lenders, and chuck them out of the temple?
Yep. Dendrite, you don't get to duck behind someone else's words. If you agree, then you stand alongside.
I don't seem to remember a body count.
Did anybody ever tell you that if you have to LIE your agenda probably sucks?
What he said is similar to what tons of people say everyday on Freerepublic and everywhere else. Example: I can't tell you how many people say "nuke this, nuke that". But do they really mean it? I say about 99% would not do it if they thought about it carefully.
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